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Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
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In a large bucket-type bowl, combine ground beef, onion, bell pepper, eggs, and Ro-Tel.
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Mix thoroughly.
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(I like to slip on surgical gloves and mush it all togetherno joke.)
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Season with salt and pepper to your hearts content.
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Mix/mush some more to ensure your loaf will be seasoned throughout.
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This is where I buck convention.
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I do not form my meatloaf into a loaf form.
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Its more of a meat cake, I suppose.
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I am too impatient and lazy to wait around for a block of meat to cook for seventeen hours.
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If you want your meatloaf to be an actual loaf, good for you!
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But I digress.
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I evenly pat my meat mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
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Bake for 2 hours or until done.
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While meat is baking in your oven, combine ketchup, brown sugar, and Worcestershire sauce in a small bowl (cereal bowl-sized).
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Mix well to make sure there arent any brown sugar lumps in the mixture.
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During the final 10 minutes of the meatloafs cook time, drain off any fat from the meat and spread the ketchp mixture over the top of the meatloaf.
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Let your loaf/cake/whatever bake for those last 10 minutes, then enjoy!